* Dad went down to Dickinson for Tuesday and Wedensday
* Mom and dad went on a date (with the Van Bibbers) to see the new movie - The Martian. It was a very good show!
* Fed the Missionaries
* Mom attended a birthday lunch for Ramanda Nash
* Ben had Teagan over on Friday and Saturday
* We worked outside getting the yard ready for WINTER!
* Dad and 2 friends (Shane Gillette and Craig Hixon) headed down to Colorado for the BSU game
* Mom attended a Witches Night Out at Heidi Maples home
In Our Homeschool This Week...
* Seth is still maintaining A's in his BYUI classes - yay!
* Ben is approaching page 160 on his book! I'm trying to get him excited to participate in the NaNoWriMo project (where you set a goal for yourself in how many words you'd like to write and if you meet your goal, they publish your book for free!) The catch is, it has to be a new book (not one that has already been started) and he's worried that if he takes a break from his current book, that he won't have the motivation to finish it. I still think he should go for it!
* Enrichments included: Scriptures, songs, Likening the Scriptures, Sabbath Day Observance, Abraham and Sarah
* Handwriting practice, sight words, Hangman, word Searches, Boggle, Reading Rainbow, Independant reading, Read Alouds, Obscure and amazing sea creatures, building card houses, Fractions (reading books about fractions and playing several different types of games to reinforce the concept of fractions), Bedtime math (addition, subtraction, word problems), Multiplication, Art, playing in the leaves and having multiple tea parties! We've had fun!
Spiritually Speaking...
I've been thinking a lot about FAITH this week (and particularly today since our Sunday School lesson was all about Faith)... Some of the comments made in class really touched my heart and struck a chord with me. I took the challenge from General Conference about praying to find out what might be standing in your way of your own personal growth and received the answer that my phone habits were distracting me and wasting my time (in particular Facebook!). I would find myself "checking out" at different times to check my phone and that would inevitably morph into a much larger chunk of time! I follow many different homeschool discussion boards on Facebook (which is really where most of my time goes) but realized that even that can suck up a whole lot of unintended time! So, with this newfound knowledge granted to me, I decided to move my FB app (which had been prominentely on my phone's home page) to 3 pages over so that it wouldn't always be staring at me whenever I turned on my phone... (I must admit that I felt that I should delete the Facebook app off of my phone and just check FB on the computer once or twice a day if I needed/wanted but I didn't feel like I could cut myself off cold turkey like that! haha!) Well, 1 week later and I realized that while I was more intentional with my "phone/Facebook" time, I was still spending too much time on it when I could be using that time elsewhere, BUT I didn't want to remove the app! Why?! Because I like "winding down" with it at night before I go to bed and feeling connected throughout the day! The lesson today in Sunday School spoke to me in the fact that I'm not showing my FAITH in Heavenly Father when I have been given specific counsel and guidance from the Holy Ghost. Two of the comments that were given today that have strengthened me were:
* Application of your Faith will set you Free (loved this one! Relating directly to me, I know I will feel more "free" from the binds of my phone!)
* Faith helps us to grow and become better (Again, I know I can use the time I used to spend on my phone in other, more productive, ways)
I'm happy to report that as of right now, I no longer have the FB app on my phone and am ready to be (even more) connected with my family and to see how this (act of faith) brings me closer to Heavenly Father. I've been thinking about this a lot today and realized that our connection (and dependency) on technology will only increase! My children and grandchildren will have an even harder time disconnecting with electronics and connecting with each other. My posterity might read this and think it's silly that I felt I needed to disconnect with FB on my phone - but maybe it will inspire them to disconnect with something that is taking up their precious time :) Who knows!?
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